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Yuvraj Singh, Gautam Gambhir and Suresh Raina will captain the India Red, Blue and Green teams respectively in the upcoming Duleep Trophy, which will be played for the first time with a pink ball, and under lights. The tournament will be held between August 23 and September 14 in Greater Noida, the BCCI announced on Thursday.The league stage will be played in a round-robin format, with each game lasting four days and beginning at 2pm IST. The final will be played from September 10 and will be a five-day match. The tournament was shelved last season due to a busy international calendar. The Red Team, led by Yuvraj, also includes Punjab allrounder Gurkeerat Singh, Rajasthan fast bowler Nathu Singh and M Ashwin, who had an impressive debut IPL season this year. Shardul Thakur, Cheteshwar Pujara and M Vijay, who are with the Test squad in the West Indies, have been named in the Blue and Green teams.However, with the Test series set to end on August 22, it is likely that they could be unavailable for the first round. Rainas selection as captain for India Green also means that is set to miss the two-match T20 series against West Indies in Florida, which will be played on August 27 and 28. Jasprit Bumrah and Ambati Rayudu, who were part of the T20I squad in Zimbabwe, are also likely to miss out, after being named to play for India Green.A BCCI source didnt rule out the possibility of the likes of Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane and R Ashwin participating towards the later stages of the tournament, after theyre back from the tour of West Indies and USA.There was speculation about the format and the venues in the lead-up to the tournament, apart from uncertainty whether the board would follow the fixtures committees recommendation to play the tournament with a pink ball under lights.With the T20 series in the USA confirmed, and Indias A team on tour in Australia, the number of teams was finally kept to three, with the Greater Noida international stadium chosen as a venue despite earlier suggestions of multiple venues.The tournament is also important from the point of view of trying out the pink ball in Indian conditions. During the BCCIs annual conclave in Dharamsala in June, board president Anurag Thakur had said that the feedback of players from the tournament would be important to Indias prospects of hosting a day-night Test.Teams: India Red: Abhinav Mukund, KS Bharat, Sudip Chatterjee, Gurkeerat Singh, Yuvraj Singh (capt), Ankush Bains (wk), Arun Karthik, Akshay Wakhare, Kuldeep Yadav, Nathu Singh, Anureet Singh, Ishwar Pandey, Nitish Rana, M Ashwin, Abhimanyu Mithun.India Blue: Gautam Gambhir (capt), Mayank Agarwal, Sheldon Jackson Baba Aparajith, Siddhesh Lad, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Parvez Rasool, K Monish, Krishna Das, Suryakumar Yadav, Mohit Sharma, Pankaj Singh, Shardul Thakur, Cheteshwar Pujara, Hanuma VihariIndia Green: Robin Uthappa, Jalaj Saxena, Ambati Rayudu, Ian Dev Singh, Rohan Prem, Suresh Raina (capt), Parthiv Patel (wk), Harbhajan Singh, Shreyas Gopal, Ashok Dinda, Sandeep Sharma, Ankit Rajpoot, Rajat Paliwal, Jasprit Bumrah, M Vijay Timofey Mozgov Magic Jersey . 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Nikola Vucevic Magic Jersey . -- Ryan Blaney provided more evidence that Penske Racings No.Michael van Gerwen has the chance to follow Phil Taylor and book his place in the play-offs while Gary Anderson will look to keep the pressure on with a double match week. With Taylor already qualified, it is down to Van Gerwen, Anderson, Adrian Lewis and James Wade, who will compete in Birmingham on Thursday, live on Sky Sports 2 HD.Just one point separates three places, and all could change in the space of a night, while Peter Wright and Raymond van Barneveld have no more than an outside chance of an unlikely push for the top four, particularly with Wright playing twice. Taylor kicks off against Wright who, after back to back losses, faces a battle to qualify. The Power has won five straight games but was disappointed with his performance last week. Having missed last years play-offs, Taylor will want to carry his form all the way to finals night at The O2 in London. 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